Home Made Ranch Dressing

 

Greetings to all those who have come from abroad for the World Cup.

I see everywhere you are excited about some of the food, so I will

share where to get recipes to enable you to make these favorites at home when you return to your country.

Find the particular recipes by doing a web search for DIY, Homemade, or "Copy CatRecipe for______" and include the thing you are looking for. 

 Also, grocery stores, WalMarts and other places that sell cooking magazines will have entire issues showing how to make the following things at home:

Ranch Dressing

KFC and Chick-Fil-A coatings for chicken

Home made flour and corn tortillas

Taco Fillings and Sides.

Mac and Cheese

Cole Slaw

French Fries like _____(name the place)

I was able to make fries very similar to the ones in fast food restaurants, with a few helpful tips:

After cutting the fries, soak them in ice water. Then drain and dry on paper towels, roll in cornstarch and salt and fry in your preferred oil or bake on an oiled pan.

I hope all of you are loving the way these visitors are enjoying the local parks, foods, activities, shopping, visiting and more.  My favorite videos on YouTube are the ones showing World Cup fans from different nations enthusiasm for the shopping, eateries, and recreation areas we often take for granted. 

Hopefully many of these newcomers will seek out places to attend worship. with churches. There was a powerful US and some foreign teams prayers before a match, but other than that I have not had any personal reports regarding this. 

We are also enjoying the smiles, laughs and songs of these overseas visitors. 

We have had long visits in the past from people in other countries and they complain that during their visit they smiled so much their face muscles ached when they got home.

I hope all will be well with these people and that the US can host the World Cup again. The fans were another entertainment itself.

Ranch dressing consists of:

plain yogurt

buttermilk

sour cream

lemon juice

vinegar

garlic powder

onion powder

sea salt

dill

I hope to be back in about a week with videos and posts for you.

Lydia Ruth

We Have Company

 

We have company, and I will stay in touch here. 

Rain seems to be coming but we don't know. 

A cottage i saw at the Hobby Lobby. 

A one-eyed cat had been visiting us, begging to be pet. 

I have been looking at the art of Harrison Fisher:

I love you all,

Lydia Ruth 

Homemaker and Dignity

Good Morning Dear Homemakers,

Today I used the "Ocean Room" for a Titus 2 discussion on dignity. 

I showed the cover of the latest Victoria.

and read a chapter from this book on reducing stress in the home with better thoughts, forgiveness, prayer, writing, and other activities.

Excellent clouds today:

Words to Know for your autodidactic personal home education:

Dignity

Integrity

Scripture note to homemakers: And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.   Galatians 6:9

Thank you for all you do for me, and most of all for your love. I am honored that you visit here and hope you'll leave a comment. Your thoughts give me ideas for future content.

Lydia Ruth

Character for the Home 1 and Video

 

Hello Dear Friends and Relatives.

Today I am trying lavender tea. You can do a lavender tea search and see all that is available. It is anti-inflammatory, promotes relaxation, boosts immune health, digestion and more. 

Words to Know:

Dignity 

Spirit 

Noble

Pettiness 

Self-control 

Model

Integrity 

Good Faith

Grudge-Bearing 

Upright

Rancor

Blessed

Guarding Our Homemaking Freedom— Things to be Aware of (With Video)

 

Today on the video I talk about some of the challenges of home living in relative peace and serenity.  Some things such as discouragement, outside jealousy, resentment or pressure from others, and grudge-bearing are addressed. I like to make sure to have many victories  at home. I will continue this subject in the next video, Lord willing. 

New art books have subjects I am interested in painting on canvas. I never color in them, but rather, use them as inspiration and drawing instruction.

I found this at the dollar store and liked the sentiment for the home:

An old hat:

What Lydia Ruth wore:

I got the cute Edwardian style all-cotton blouse and the skirt at the Walmart.

I read Titus 2: 1-8 and noted that it was intended to mainly address the men of the church. Verse 5 for women "Keepers at Home" is the theme for many women at homemakers. I expounded on the advantages of being at home, rather than exposed to some things that can interfere with our personal peace.

Words to Know:

Sound

Integrity

Ethical

Unethical

Dignity

Noble

Character

In a future video I will consider more on how well Titus 2 can guide the homemaker.

Here is the link to listen to the original booklets "The Secrets of Fascinating Women." I do not know who the author was, but they were a set of booklets widely available in the early part of the 20th century that Helen Andelin used for her books and classes to help women learn about being keepers at home.

Please enjoy listening while you do something else:

The Classroom of Life

I am honored by your visit to this blog and your listening to the video.

Thank you for being so good and kind to me!

Today I spoke on a variety of things that apply to  the home. I hope you’ll take it or leave it according to your understanding or embracing of Titus 2:5

Please enjoy whatever you do while listening to the current broadcast.

Your comments give me good ideas for future content!

I love you,

Lydia Ruth

Shepherd of the Home, Noises of the Home (With Video)

 

Saw this at the Hobby Lobby:

I reviewed the book— The Way of the Shepherd 

The lilacs are in bloom

I spoke of household sounds that give us health and stability, as you can see in this video.  Look for others like it on YouTube:

Making Tea With No Voices

We are enjoying the exquisite delicate apple blossoms!!! I must find a tea cup to go with . 

Enjoy listening today, no matter what you do or do not do.

Home Living — Ideas, (With Video)

 

Victoria Magazine

April 1989

Please be sure to check in regularly to my Pinterest

We are enduring the times as best we can! (ala Jane Austen)

 

Thank you to those who urge me to continue blogging and vlogging!!

A lady from church gave me this beautiful crochet bouquet and I want to show how it is made:

I use the excellent theme Coloring books for drawing ideas, home inspiration and what early home educators called “ delight learning.” The ones you see here are from Dover Publications.

The line drawings from Simple Pleasures and Cozy Corners coloring books show art and beauty in small things in daily life that are sometimes not noticed:

In the video I read from this Eric Sloane book about courtesy, which is a Biblical term meaning “ care and concern for others.”

I showed a picture of my great grandparents of Vera, Texas. 

(Dates and names to be added soon)

This is the picture on the wall in my video. I referred to it when I was discussing poses and art. It is a print on canvas , and the artist is Barbara Mock. I’m sorry— I don’t know the title of the painting. 

It was no doubt inspired by this Victorian painting called “Reading by the Window-1880,  by Charles James Lewis (London. England 1830-1892)

Please enjoy your home while you listen, and comment if you can.

Lydia Ruth

For those of you who have asked about the subject of difficult people  I have gleaned a few bits of knowledge from Jefferson Fisher that were helpful.  There is also someone who approaches this from a Biblical viewpoint, a lady named Kris Reece. Check out their video lists and see what you can glean.